Editing Retuinskih's System ROSS

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'''Retuinskih System ROSS''' ({{langx|ru|РОСС, short for Росси́йская Оте́чественная Систе́ма Самозащи́ты}}; [[Transliteration of Russian into English|English transliteration]]: '''''R'''ossiyskaya '''O'''techestvennaya '''S'''istema '''S'''amozashchity''; translated as ''Russian Native System of Self-Defense'') is a martial system trademarked by Alexander Retuinskih related to [[Systema]].  ROSS is its official name given by the All-Russian Federation of Russian Martial Arts (RFRMA). It is conceived more as a methodology of performance enhancement for combat, applicable to any martial art, rather than a closed system.

Retuinskih's experience includes being a USSR [[boxing]] and [[Combat Sambo]] champion,{{fact|date=June 2015}} and a [[sambo (martial art)|Sambo]] and [[judo]] [[Master of Sports]] champion, as well as being the partner to Alexey Kadochnikov in Kadochnikov's Systema until their separation in 1991.

In 1991, Alexander Retuinskih patented Rossijskaya Otechestvennaya Systema Samozashchity or in acronym, R.O.S.S., "Russian Native System of Self-defense." ... The ROSS educational system was patented as "Know-How" (registered with the State enterprise "Informpatent" Committee of the Russian Federation by patent and trademark of April 4, 1991).

Russian Martial Art R.O.S.S. gained its first appearance and proliferation due to the efforts of USA National [[sambo (martial art)|Sambo]] Team Coach and Champion [[Scott Sonnon]], most notably in the 1999 Special "Russian Martial Arts" Edition issue of World of Martial Arts Magazine <ref>[http://www.rmaxinternational.com/pressroom/magazine_articles/PDF/World_of_MA.pdf, "Secrets of Russian Martial Arts" Black Belt Magazine (February 2001)]</ref><ref>[http://www.rmaxinternational.com/pressroom/magazine_articles/PDF/BBM_09_2001.pdf, "Secrets of Russian Martial Arts Part 2" Black Belt Magazine (October, 2001)]</ref><ref>[http://www.rmaxinternational.com/pressroom/magazine_articles/PDF/BBM_10_2001.pdf.  Coach Sonnon was appointed the North American Director of the Governing Body for Russian Martial Art R.O.S.S. in May 1996.]</ref>

In 2007, Alexander Retuinskih was voted one of the "100 Most Influential People in Russia".<ref>[http://bushido.org/whfsc/newsletter/whfsc46.htm General Retuinskih presented ROSS in the History Channel's martial art documentary entitled "The Human Weapon Episode: Sambo Russia's Extreme Fighting". ]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=55009&display_order=5&sub_display_order=13&mini_id=54986|title=History Games - Play Exclusive Games, Quizzes and More on History.com|work=history.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016201632/http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=55009&display_order=5&sub_display_order=13&mini_id=54986|archivedate=2007-10-16}}</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=June 2010}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://formauk.net/page3/page3.html The History of Russian Martial Art ROSS]
*[http://www.rmaxinternational.com/pressroom/magazine_articles/PDF/World_of_MA.pdf  Special "Russian Martial Arts" Edition issue - World of Martial Arts Magazine (May 1999)]
*[http://www.rmaxinternational.com/pressroom/magazine_articles/PDF/BBM_09_2001.pdf "Secrets of Russian Martial Arts" Black Belt Magazine (February 2001)]
*[http://www.rmaxinternational.com/pressroom/magazine_articles/PDF/BBM_10_2001.pdf  "Secrets of Russian Martial Arts Part 2" Black Belt Magazine (October, 2001)]
*[http://www.completemartialarts.com/information/styles/russian/russianhistory.htm The History of Russian Martial Art R.O.S.S. by USA National Coach Scott Sonnon ]
*[http://www.budo-fitness.se/budoinfogallery/sambo.html Evolution from Russian Sambo and R.O.S.S. by USA National Coach Scott Sonnon]

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